Sentayehu Ejigu

Sentayehu Ejigu

Sentayehu Ejigu (on the left) at the 2009 Boston Indoor Games
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Doha 3000 m
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Nairobi 5000 m
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Split 5000 m

Sentayehu Ejigu Tamerat (born 21 June 1985 in Debre Markos, Amhara Region)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres. She represented Ethiopia at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

After narrowly missing out on medals at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2009 World Championships, she made her breakthrough in 2010, winning bronze medals at the African Championships in Athletics and World Indoors. She was the silver medallist at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup.

She is the third fastest of all-time over 3000 m indoors with her best of 8:25.27 minutes.[2] She also ranks among the top eight fastest women ever over 5000 m both outdoors and indoors.[3][4]

  1. ^ Sentayehu Ejigu. Sports Reference. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ "3000 Metres All Time". IAAF. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. ^ "5000 Metres All Time (Outdoor)". IAAF. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. ^ "5000 Metres All Time (Indoor)". IAAF. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

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